For those new to the Lead Safe Mama website:
Tamara Rubin is a multiple-federal-award-winning independent advocate for childhood Lead poisoning prevention and consumer goods safety, and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children (two of her four sons were ...
Read More about Vintage Corelle “Meadow” dish — positive for FOUR poisons (Lead, Cadmium, Mercury & Antimony) on the food surface, including 16,700 ppm Lead (90 ppm & up is unsafe for kids)
Recent & Important Articles:
Walt Disney Y2K Dancing Mickey Mouse McDonald’s Drinking Glass: 1,432 Cadmium in the red paint. Cadmium causes cancer. Thanks, Disney!
Continue reading below the images of additional cups/ mugs/ glassware we have tested. Each image below is a direct link to a separate piece about the item, which includes XRF test results.
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Read More about Walt Disney Y2K Dancing Mickey Mouse McDonald’s Drinking Glass: 1,432 Cadmium in the red paint. Cadmium causes cancer. Thanks, Disney!
The Dirt Natural Toothpaste: No Fluoride, No Glycerin, No Xylitol, Paleo Friendly, Gluten Free, Vegan & “just” 19,000 ppb Cadmium (which causes cancer.)
Short introduction video posted on Instagram:
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Your grandmother does not want you poisoning your kids in her memory — chuck grandma’s toxic kitchenware! Vintage / antique metal potato ricer with red Lead-painted handles: >12% Lead!
Friday - April 29, 2022
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Read More about Your grandmother does not want you poisoning your kids in her memory — chuck grandma’s toxic kitchenware! Vintage / antique metal potato ricer with red Lead-painted handles: >12% Lead!
Please DO NOT give toys from YOUR CHILDHOOD to your baby to play with. This 1984 Mattel baby rattle / teether tests positive for LEAD, ARSENIC and CADMIUM.
Published: April 27, 2022
Things like this make me want to SCREAM from the rooftops — or do something really outrageous (go on Instagram in a bikini?) to generate attention so that everyone listens.
IF you are reading this PLEASE share this with all of the new parents you know who ...
Read More about Please DO NOT give toys from YOUR CHILDHOOD to your baby to play with. This 1984 Mattel baby rattle / teether tests positive for LEAD, ARSENIC and CADMIUM.
XRF Test Results For Burpee Natural & Organic Seed Starting Mix (2022).
Wednesday - April 27, 2022
Readers often send me soil samples to test. This is the first time someone has sent me "Seed Starting Mix." She didn't include a photo of the package or the actual package, but I will ask her for that so I can update this post with more details. In the meantime you can ...
Read More about XRF Test Results For Burpee Natural & Organic Seed Starting Mix (2022).
XRF test results for Andstar natural bamboo placemats – made in China (Amazon purchase – 2022)
Wednesday - April 27, 2022
I purchased these for our home. I like to use these both as placemats for meals and as a mat to put drying dishes on or as mats for the kids to use for art projects. I also like to use them as background for photos for my work (photos of items I take for this ...
Read More about XRF test results for Andstar natural bamboo placemats – made in China (Amazon purchase – 2022)
April 26, 2022 is a big day here at LeadSafeMama.com… (we passed 12,100,000 all-time page views — and 400,000 page-views for the month of April — tonight!)
April 25, 2022 - Tuesday
Highlights for today:
Today we passed 12,100,000 unique all-time page views here on LeadSafeMama.com!
Today we passed 400,000 unique page views for the month of April 2022 (this is only the 4th month ever that this has happened)!
Today we passed 1,200,000 unique ...
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Tamara’s Favorite Things list: My Favorite Hair Brushes for My Kids!
Tuesday - April 26, 2022
Hair brushes like this are the only kind that work for my kids (we all have long, very thick hair!) I have tried all of the gimmicky ones (that are supposed to be good for tangles) and all of the different more expensive / fancy ones — and these are still the best for us ...
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May / June 2022 Lead Safe Mama Travel Schedule; California & New York!
Sunday - April 24, 2022
I have some exciting news! This month (April 2022) I was (for the first time) able to get my hands on the refurbished (new-to-us) XRF Instrument that is owned by Lead Safe Mama, LLC! Our first (of two) refurbished instrument was sent back to us and tested and ...
Read More about May / June 2022 Lead Safe Mama Travel Schedule; California & New York!
The work of Lead Safe Mama, LLC – covered in “Cracked”! Check out this article (it’s the saga of the Leaded Garfield Cup, continued).
April 23, 2022 - Saturday
The article (linked below - click the image) is more of the internet coverage of (and buzz over) our findings of Lead on the Garfield McDonald's Cups! I will do a post soon linking all of the TikTok, Twitter, Reddit and Instagram posts that this has generated over the past ...
Read More about The work of Lead Safe Mama, LLC – covered in “Cracked”! Check out this article (it’s the saga of the Leaded Garfield Cup, continued).
#EarthDay update #1: April 2022 is the #5thBestMonthEver @ LeadSafeMama.com !
April 22, 2022 - Friday
So.Much.Gratitude.
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These numbers represent the number of people we (together) are reaching with this information (information for childhood Lead poisoning prevention and consumer goods safety).
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These numbers also represent the fact that we are back to pre-pandemic ...
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4/19/2022: LeadSafeMama.com / TamaraRubin.com just passed TWELVE MILLION unique all-time views. Thank YOU for making that possible!
...and here's one more fun stat (from yesterday)... The Lead Poisoning Prevention With Lead Safe Mama Facebook group passed 17,000 members!
And another... It looks like we are going to close out April 2022 with over 400,000 unique page views for the month!
And an update from ...
Read More about 4/19/2022: LeadSafeMama.com / TamaraRubin.com just passed TWELVE MILLION unique all-time views. Thank YOU for making that possible!
XRF Update & Request: April 18, 2022
April 18, 2022 - Monday
Hey all!
Lead Safe Mama, LLC is NOT a nonprofit, we are (instead) a unique community-collaborative small business. Our work is directed by your requests and it is also (in part) funded by contributions* from our readers.
In recent months we have been working very hard ...
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